Cyber resilience is not a technology problem. It is an operational resilience problem. We treat it that way.

FourthLine designs cyber resilience frameworks aligned to NIST 2.0 and FCA expectations — integrating governance, incident response, crisis management, and recovery capability within your existing operational resilience and BCM architecture. Not a standalone CISO project. A connected resilience programme.

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THE PROBLEM THIS SOLVES

Cyber resilience programmes in mid-tier financial services firms are frequently siloed from the broader operational resilience architecture. BCM plans do not account for cyber-triggered disruption scenarios. Incident response plans do not connect to IBS recovery protocols. Technology recovery capabilities are not validated against the same impact tolerances that govern the business continuity programme.

FourthLine bridges that gap integrating cyber resilience with your BCM, TPRM, and ICT recovery frameworks so that a cyber event is managed as an operational resilience event, with the same evidence standards applied.

WHAT WE DELIVER

Cyber resilience framework aligned to NIST 2.0 (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover)
Governance, policy, and accountability structure
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Security Impact Analysis (SIA)
Crown jewels and critical asset identification
Incident response plan and containment playbooks
Crisis management integration with BCM escalation protocols
DR and data recovery testing aligned to IBS impact tolerances
TPRM cyber due diligence integration
Cyber scenario testing: tabletop, red/blue/purple team design
Board-ready cyber resilience reporting framework

Programme Structure: Typically sequenced post-BCM programme, or as standalone for CISO-led engagement

Start: Cyber Resilience Diagnostic | £15k–£25k

Framework programme: From £40k

Fee basis: Fixed fee throughout

HOW THIS CONNECTS TO THE WIDER PROGRAMME

Cyber resilience is the final layer of a complete operational resilience architecture.

FourthLine integrates cyber governance, incident response, and recovery capability directly into the BCM, TPRM, and ICT resilience work already in place so your firm responds to a cyber event with the same structured, evidenced approach it applies to any other IBS disruption

WHY FOURTHLINE FOR THIS PRODUCT

Senior delivery

Not senior oversight. The practitioner you meet in scoping is the practitioner who delivers.

Integrated, not bolted on.

We design cyber resilience as part of your operational resilience architecture not as a parallel CISO programme that sits outside your BCM and regulatory evidence framework. The result is a single, coherent programme that satisfies both your regulator and your board.

Fixed Fee Certainty

All programmes are fixed fee. The scope we agree is what we deliver. No open-ended day rate billing, no scope creep, no surprise invoices.

The Annual Resilience Retainer model changed how we think about regulatory readiness. We are no longer assembling evidence reactively when a review is announced. It is maintained continuously, and our SMF24 holders have the confidence that they can attest to the programme at any point in the year. That peace of mind has genuine commercial value."

Chief Financial Officer, Dual Regulated Insurer

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